yr cards
how’s everything in california? i heard nothing’s going right out there and you are keeping your cards close.
i bet you’re happy living somewhere warmer. massachusetts makes for a long year and you are keeping your cards close.
i was here the whole time. where were you?
last i heard you lived in london and everything’s a bloody mess and you are keeping your cards close.
i’ll stop right here and leave the motor runnin. you can run inside and change your dress and go on keepin your cards close.
i was here the whole time. where were you?
everything is out of order. i think it’s time we re-drew the map. no more keeping your cards close.
i think i’ll probably die before you and if there’s a funeral, i’ll see you there keeping your cards close.
i was here the whole time. where were you?
youneveryou
a couple years sleepwalking on the porch and out among the clouds and at the time, it seemed so important.
well, you’re everywhere and i’ve seen this country rushing by in the trees beside the road but i can’t forget that girl in knoxville.
but youneveryouneveryouneveryouneveryou.
i can ferry you across this river. i drink enough to keep us both afloat and i can set you on the way you were going.
‘cause i want to be the bird you’re hunting, never letting your hounds flush me out. it’s good to know how to give up somethings.
but youneveryouneveryouneveryouneveryou.
o in black
she smiled when i told her she was picturesque. she was a girl who knew how to hold a cigarette. now i’m loose and longing to talk about what your life’s like right now. lady in black with a spanish scarf. o in black with a scarf.
she used to hide her face behind a magazine while i pretended not to like the broken social scene. now you’re here and all i can think about is how to slow my heart down. lady in black with a spanish scarf. o in black with a scarf.
i really like the way she looks her age. been gone a lifetime and nothing changed. she went home and i went to my friend’s house. you’re all hung up on a wall now. lady in black with a spanish scarf. o in black with a scarf.
loveless thundering
are you speaking french? it’s okay, i know just what you meant. are those your friends? they sure know how to take a compliment.
i saw it coming. i had been wondering.
i love your dress. ten-to-one i know what you’ll say next. we’re all a mess. i’m glad to say i saw you at your best.
i saw it coming. i had been wondering. we’re all here for something and it’s loveless thundering.
bad manners will haunt you. a little kid in a bar room ain’t much to come home to but it beats sleepin on a bar stool. i’m alone in a body and lots of people forgot me but you remind me of… and i remind you of…
…thank god that the music is so loud.
the challenger lost. turns out you can win by speaking softly. with the lights off, we’re just an old married couple, aren’t we?
released February 17, 2015
we are the furniture:
nicholas g ward played a baritone guitar and sang songs.
jeffrey walsh banged on drums.
and there's a lil weirdo guitar by mr. pete schluter, too.
recorded & mixed by pete schluter @ the spruce ranch in winchester, ma.
mastered by ian doerr @ mystic steamship in somerville, ma.
it's all been a ball so far. enjoy yourselves.